Episode 0076
Summary
The audio features a teacher, Miss Katlic, conducting a math review with her students, Tommy and Crystal. Tommy frequently expresses frustration and jealousy towards Crystal, whom he perceives as the teacher's pet, while Crystal confidently answers the math problems.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
All right children, let's review.
Tommy, pay attention.
Sorry, Miss Katlic.
Okay Crystal, now tell me.
What's 4 + 11?
Um, 15.
Miss Katlic always asks Crystal. She's such a teacher's pet.
Okay, and what about 56 minus 60?
Um, negative four.
Very good.
12 times 12?
Very good, suck up.
144!
0 divided by 1?
Zero!
How did you know that?
Okay smarty pants, the square root of 2.
Bet you're not going to get that one, do it all.
Um, um, 1.4142135.
Summary
This audio features an English lesson focusing on mathematical operations and informal vocabulary. Hosts Marco and Erica introduce the topic, with Erica expressing her dislike for math. A short dialogue between a teacher, a bright student named Crystal, and an envious classmate named Tommy (who uses derogatory terms like 'teacher's pet' and 'suck up') is presented. The hosts then break down the English terms for addition ('plus'), subtraction ('minus'), multiplication ('times'), division ('divided by'), and 'square root.' They further discuss the negative connotations of phrases like 'teacher's pet,' 'suck up,' 'smarty pants,' and 'know it all,' relating them to both school and workplace scenarios. The lesson concludes with personal anecdotes about math and language skills from the hosts, encouraging listener participation.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
Hello everyone, welcome back to another lesson with us here at EnglishPod. My name is Marco.
And I'm Erica.
And today we're going back to school.
That's right. We're talking about my least favorite subject.
That would be math.
That's right.
Okay, so we're going to be talking about math. Now, I know that many of you, of course, know math. Right? But do you know the operations in English?
Many people find it hard to find the right words to talk about math in English.
Right. So that's what we're going to be looking at today.
And we'll also look at some names that you can call people who are really, really, really smart.
Ah!
So let's listen to our dialogue for the first time and then we'll come back and look at those math words.
All right children, let's review.
Tommy, pay attention.
Sorry, Miss Cacklick.
Okay, Crystal, now tell me. What's 4 plus 11?
Um, 15.
Miss Cacklick always asks Crystal. She's such a teacher's pet.
Okay, and what about 56 minus 60?
Um, negative 4.
Very good. 12 times 12?
Very good, suck up.
144.
0 divided by 1?
Zero.
How did you know that? Okay, smarty pants, the square root of 2.
Bet you're not going to get that one, know-it-all.
Um, um, 1.4142135.
All right, so that's one smart little girl, huh?
Yeah, pretty smart actually, smarter than me in math.
All right, so let's take a look at some of those words that the teacher used to ask her about certain operations in language takeaway.
Okay, so like we said, you guys know how to do math, and you know the words in your language, but maybe in English it's a little bit harder to find the right words. So let's look at those now.
Okay, so let's look at the first question that she asked. What's 4 plus 11?
4 plus 11.
Okay, plus.
Plus.
All right. So 4 plus 11, Erica is?
Uh, let me take a look at here, um, 15.
15. Okay, so we are adding, right?
Yes.
So that's how you would say, let's go with an easy one. 2 plus 2.
4.
4, right? Or 5 plus 5.
10.
10. Okay.
You're really testing my skills.
So that's how you would add numbers.
Now, what about taking away numbers?
Okay. So taking away or subtracting.
All right, let's test you again.
In the dialogue, she said 56 minus 60.
56 minus 60 equals negative 4.
Okay, minus, so that's negative, right?
Minus.
So, and of course, if you have 56 apples and you take away 60, you are left with negative four.
Actually, you're left with zero apples.
Yeah, exactly.
Now, that answer is also interesting, negative 4.
Negative 4.
That means minus 4, right?
Four less than zero.
Four less than zero, very good. Negative 4.
Okay, so now for our next operation. 12 times 12.
12 times 12.
12 times 12.
Now, Marco, don't ask me the answer.
All right. 12 times 12 equals 144.
Now, that's multiplying.
Right, or multiplication.
Multiplication.
Okay, so this times part, it's very easy to remember because, for example, 4 times 4. You can just say four, the number four, and you add it, right? Four times. Four plus four plus four plus four.
Right, so times.
Times.
Uh huh.
Now, the opposite of times.
All right, the opposite of multiplication is division.
Division.
Okay, so in our dialogue, the teacher said 0 divided by 1.
0 divided by 1.
0 divided by 1.
Any number divided by 0 is 0.
All right, so let's give another example. 15 divided by 3.
All right, so 15 divided by 3 equals 5.
5.
Exactly.
So divided by.
Divided by.
Very good.
So after division, the teacher was very impressed and now she asked a very hard mathematical operation, especially for a girl at this age.
The square root of 2.
The square root of.
Square root.
So let's give some examples to show what is the square root.
Okay.
So if I ask you the square root of 9.
3.
3, right?
What about the square root of 4?
2.
2. Okay.
So now one more, the square root of 16.
4.
4.
Okay, so you noticed the pattern, right? And I'm sure everyone knows this in their own language how you would get a square root.
Exactly.
So this language, um, is pretty simple, you all know it in your own language.
But let's hear it again in English one more time with the dialogue.
All right children, let's review.
Tommy, pay attention.
Sorry, Miss Cacklick.
Okay, Crystal, now tell me. What's 4 plus 11?
Um, 15.
Miss Cacklick always asks Crystal. She's such a teacher's pet.
Okay, and what about 56 minus 60?
Um, negative 4.
Very good. 12 times 12?
Very good, suck up.
144.
0 divided by 1?
Zero.
How did you know that? Okay, smarty pants, the square root of 2.
Bet you're not going to get that one, know-it-all.
Um, um, 1.4142135.
Okay, so we understand the mathematical operations that we saw here, very easy.
But now there was another little kid in there who was very, I think, envious or jealous.
Yeah, Tommy.
Tommy, right?
So he called her a couple of different names.
Well, let's look at those now in Fluency Builder.
Okay, so the first one that he called Crystal, the little girl, he called her a teacher's pet.
Teacher's pet.
Teacher's pet.
A teacher's pet.
So Erica, what exactly is a teacher's pet? It is the favorite student the teacher has in that class.
All right, so it's always the student that's helping the teacher.
Yeah, the smartest student.
Yeah, the teacher's pet.
Yeah, and it has a negative meaning in English.
Yeah, I wouldn't say that it's a good thing to be the teacher's pet.
Like the teacher thinks it's good.
But all of the friends and the classmates, they think it's bad.
Yeah, exactly. Teacher's pet.
And similar to teacher's pet is a suck up.
Suck up.
Suck up.
Again, suck up. What what is the what is a suck up?
A suck up is a person who tries really, really hard to make the teacher like him.
Okay. Now, we can also use it outside of the classroom, right?
Yeah, at work maybe.
Okay, there is always at work. There is always one person who's the suck up, right?
Yes.
Um, now again, this has a negative meaning in English.
Yeah, I guess in the workplace, the rest of your colleagues don't really like that person who's considered to be the suck up, who's always trying to please the boss.
Exactly.
All right.
All right, so the teacher calls Crystal a smarty pants.
Smarty pants.
Smarty pants.
Okay. So this is also a little name calling, right? So what is a smarty pants?
Somebody who is too smart.
Too smart, who tries too hard to be smart.
Now, this is only for little kids, right? You I wouldn't call you a smarty pants.
No, it's definitely for children, adults don't say this.
Unless maybe you are joking or having fun with someone.
Yeah, but if you say it, you are um suggesting that you're being like a child.
Right. Okay, smarty pants.
And our last one, and this is also a very good phrase and a way to describe someone. Know it all.
Know it all.
Know it all.
A know it all.
Sometimes you say Mr. Know-it-all, right?
Yeah, that's right.
Okay. So what is a know it all?
Somebody who um tries to show everyone that they know it all.
They know everything.
Yeah, they're so smart.
They have the answers to everything.
But they really, really try and show everyone that they know everything.
These people can be sometimes a little bit irritating, right?
Yeah, very, very annoying.
Annoying.
All right, so it's not a good thing to be a know it all all the time.
Yeah, actually all of these phrases are not good things to be.
Okay. So let's listen to our dialogue one more time and then we're going to come back and Erica is going to tell us how much she hates math.
All right children, let's review.
Tommy, pay attention.
Sorry, Miss Cacklick.
Okay, Crystal, now tell me. What's 4 plus 11?
Um, 15.
Miss Cacklick always asks Crystal. She's such a teacher's pet.
Okay, and what about 56 minus 60?
Um, negative 4.
Very good. 12 times 12?
Very good, suck up.
144.
0 divided by 1?
Zero.
How did you know that? Okay, smarty pants, the square root of 2.
Bet you're not going to get that one, know-it-all.
Um, um, 1.4142135.
All right, so Erica, you were telling me that you hated math, or you still do?
Well, yes, that's true. I I really do hate math.
And even even doing a simple, um, you know, like 16 plus 32 is too hard for me.
So you were never really that type of person that's good with numbers.
No, I'm terrible with numbers. I can't even remember my own phone number.
Really?
That's true.
Like I I really if someone asks me for my phone number, I have to look on my phone in the address book to find out.
Well, yeah, sometimes numbers can be difficult.
I kind of liked math when I was younger. It's it just made sense.
Well, I guess there's a reason why I'm an English teacher and not a math teacher.
And I was actually not very good at language.
But here you are.
Exactly.
Well, I mean in Spanish, I like grammar. I not very good at that all those rules.
Yeah, but you're pretty good at English.
So that's all right with me. That's all right. What about you guys? Tell us what your favorite subject or your least favorite subject in school was.
What about you? Do you have any favorite subject? Or did you have a favorite subject?
Um, history.
History.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay. I liked chemistry for a while.
Oh, God. Chemistry involves numbers.
Well, a little bit, but it was interesting as well.
So come to the website everyone, Englishpod.com, and you can find lots of other resources there.
And also be sure to check out our activity stream where you can answer and uh ask very quick questions depending on your level, so you can choose if you're an elementary student, then you would be talking to other elementary students.
That's right.
Well, thanks for downloading this lesson and until next time, Goodbye.
Summary
The audio features a vocabulary learning exercise from 'The English Pod audio review'. A male speaker (Speaker 1) provides definitions for words related to mathematics and social dynamics, followed by a female speaker (Speaker 2) repeating the word. This pattern then shifts to Speaker 1 using the word in an example sentence. Key terms covered include 'review', 'add', 'plus', 'take away', 'subtract', 'minus', 'multiply', 'times', 'teacher's pet', 'smarty pants', 'suck up', 'divided by', 'square root', 'I'll bet', 'know it all', 'equation', 'operation', 'multiplication', 'addition', and 'division'. The overall tone is instructional.
Transcript (Click timestamp to jump)
The English Pod audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Go over what has been learned.
Review.
Add.
Plus.
The student a teacher likes best.
Teacher's pet.
Take away, subtract.
Minus.
To multiply.
Times.
A person who always tries to make the teacher or boss like him or her.
Suck up.
Separate to some parts.
Divided by.
A person who tries to show he is so smart.
Smarty pants.
The number obtained when a number is multiplied by itself.
Square root.
I think something is likely to happen.
I'll bet.
The person claims or pretends to know everything.
Know it all.
A math problem where each side is equal.
Equation.
A mathematical process such as adding, multiplying, subtracting, etcetera.
Operation.
The process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times.
Multiplication.
The process of adding two numbers together.
Addition.
The process of taking one number away from another.
Subtraction.
The process of dividing something into parts.
Division.
Let's try that faster.
The number obtained when a number is multiplied by itself.
Square root.
The process of dividing something into parts.
Division.
A person who tries to show he is so smart.
Smarty pants.
A math problem where each side is equal.
Equation.
To multiply.
Times.
Take away, subtract.
Minus.
The student a teacher likes best.
Teacher's pet.
Go over what has been learned.
Review.
Add.
Plus.
I think something is likely to happen.
I'll bet.
The process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times.
Multiplication.
The person claims or pretends to know everything.
Know it all.
A person who always tries to make the teacher or boss like him or her.
Suck up.
Separate to some parts.
Divided by.
The process of taking one number away from another.
Subtraction.
A mathematical process such as adding, multiplying, subtracting, etcetera.
Operation.
The process of adding two numbers together.
Addition.
Now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Plus.
Everyone knows that 2 + 2 = 4.
Plus.
We need five tickets plus an extra one for John.
Plus.
I have $2,000 in my bank account plus an extra 500 under my bed.
Minus.
The ticket cost $100 minus a 10% discount.
Minus.
I don't understand this. Do you know what 1 - 1 equals?
Minus.
There were five cans of tuna here minus two that I ate this morning. Where are the rest?
Divided by.
To solve this problem, you'll need to divide the number of days in a year by the number of days worked.
Divided by.
I weigh 140 pounds, so if I divide that by 2.2, I will know my weight in kilograms.
Divided by.
I don't think we have enough food. We only have two pizzas and we need to divide them by 20 people.
Mommy, everyone at school says I'm a teacher's pet.
There was a kid that used to bring my teacher an apple every day. He was such a teacher's pet.
I always hated the kid that was the teacher's pet. He would always get more attention.
Suck up.
We have a colleague at work who's the biggest suck up. He's always being nice to our boss.
Suck up.
I hate it when someone tries to suck up to you just because you work with Britney Spears.
Suck up.
There is a job opening next month for a managerial position. I think I'm going to have to act like a suck up to get that job.